Nick Hornby: Reese Witherspoon “didn't think there was enough sex” in her new movie Wild

December 12, 2014 12:13 PM

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Based on the true adventures of first-time backpacker Cheryl Strayed, who trekked 1,000 miles through the Mojave Desert and forest-covered mountains of Oregon, Reese Witherspoon will give her most gritty performance to date in Wild. But the Oscar-winning actress explained to screenwriter Nick Hornby that it could have been a lot more risqué.

“When I first met Reese I wanted to make sure she wanted to do a film about the book that I'd read. There's drug use, promiscuity and things you wouldn't usually associate with a Reese Witherspoon film,” explained Hornby. “If she didn't want to do any of that, I don't think I would want to do the ad...